Lazy Saturday Afternoon Paddle

Today we took the Flat River. We put in and took out at historic covered bridges: White's Bridge upriver, Fallasburg Bridge downriver. We took pup with us and my wife is ~ 6 months pregnant, so the easy-going nature of this paddle suited us perfectly today.

I can't believe I didn't think to snap a photo of the bridge we put in under.

Shallow enough in several places for pup to stand and run on the bottom:

Heading downstream:

Somebody has a nice little hangout on the river:

Our dog has to be in front. The entire time. He can't stand it when he is even a few yards behind us and he whines like he thinks we are leaving him.

Pretty secluded stretch of river. I think we probably saw a total of 4 houses over the course of 2 hours:

Conifers and Deciduous trees growing together:

I don't know what this bird is, definitely a raptor of some sort. He didn't budge as we passed.

Zoom photo. Can anyone ID this fella? That is the best image I can get:

If you are starting to feel like this is less of a trip report and more me showing off my dog, well, you would be correct. FYI greatest dog ever. Maybe I'm biased:

Fallasburg bridge:

Not a bad trip. I like to get at least 3 hours of paddling in if I go, but sometimes you only have a couple hours to get away. Always worth it.

Wilderness Systems Tsunami 125. The furthest my dog has gone in a day on the river is 20 miles. I wouldn't want to push him to his limit; Shorthairs will go until they die if it means pleasing their masters.